Professional Bio:

Carol is a partner at Robbins DiMonte, Ltd., where she concentrates her practice on state and federal commercial litigation, business workouts, and reorganizations. She has extensive experience representing debtors and creditors, and parties in interest in Chapter 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy cases. She has represented parties in numerous asset sales, adversary proceedings, and appeals.

She was a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ) Next Generation Program class of 2014, and she co-authored the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s (IICLE) chapters on Chapter 11 Cases for Individuals and Small Business Debtors; the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019; Representing Clients in Bankruptcy Cases; and Mechanics Liens in Bankruptcy.

Carol previously served as IWIRC-Chicago Network's membership co-chair and programming co-chair. She's currently the treasurer of the Diversity Scholarship Foundation, NFP, a member of the Chicago Bar Association's Judicial Evaluation Committee, and a member of various other bar organizations.

In 2005, Carol obtained her J.D. cum laude from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. During law school, she was a lead articles editor for the John Marshall Law Review and a Distinguished Scholar Award recipient. Carol worked as a judicial extern in the Circuit Court of Cook County for various judges hearing foreclosure cases and later conducted training sessions for new judicial externs.

She received an LL.M. in real estate law, with honors, in 2010. Prior to law school, Carol graduated cum laude from the Marquette University Honors Program in 2002, where she majored in English literature and philosophy and was president of the local chapter of Phi Sigma Tau, the honor society in philosophy. She graduated from Resurrection High School in Chicago.

Carol is licensed to practice in Illinois, is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, is a member of its trial bar, and is a member of the bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.